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Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou... by throwawaylinux on Sunday March 19, 2023 @06:24PM (#35224324)
How do we even know it was belatedly?

Something a lot of engineers fail to realize is that a successful product is not just about technology, it is about timing, cost, ecosystem, market.

Who's to say Jobs didn't think the iPhone was not a good idea, but shouldn't be done earlier? The iPhone 10-15 years before the iPhone was the Newton.

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Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou... by AlbertCory on Sunday March 19, 2023 @06:27PM (#35224345)
I was thinking of the PARC demo, where he famously said, "my guys were bugging me to go see this."
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Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou... by throwawaylinux on Sunday March 19, 2023 @09:15PM (#35225965)
Seems like another case of technology existing ahead of other conditions required to successfully bring it to market.
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